New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-05

substance and destiny their uniquencss IL uncom-
muncable OF precedent patented usage and ceremonial
status they know nothing they fee, independent,
fearless and IL and then too irreyerent Of the
past 1T may be that their ireveencc is simply re-
coil from the superstition which canonizes custom and
America is emphatlcaliy tho nem world; in conccp,
op IN In espc new ea
graphically, America was long tho puzzle Of the world
has had about somewhat Of the mystery and fascna
Sn 81 al tho S %o and Sa @
by trsnsa.n h dash and fire snd mn
| for America vet America lives and thrves and tells
ton that falls Of effect because Of its banterng and
| 1ocund tone
Then, too. thcrc is to British Islanders something
overpowering in the mere size of America laughtel-
something Of Infinite shadow and Infinite weight Ev-
ment that there IS not revolution in America. You
havo Crown, no King, no state Church. no standing
and DO good and prosper To Furopean old are and
popety this Is an outrage Here you have adop,e .t
no is worth. You care moro for the Pantarenets
than you caro- for tho and yon often n
| mot always as II you had no more regard for blue
blood than you have for trassic rertle or an en-
tomostraceous ting-crab. Renewed laughter) How
European commend thisf
| MR. BYECHER's INDEBTEDNESS TO AMERICA.
What does the truc American care for tincturcd
shields, field argents, the lines used in arms-as the
engraed tho INJECTED, tho crcnele, tho nebule the
regule or tho domcttel You have no primogenitue
and entail no House Of Lords, tular aristocracy.
Yet yours are the vital and noble conditions which
mako Henry Ward Beechers possible. (Appause.)
Henry Ward Beecher never could have been in Europe
what he was in America. tApplauseo You gave
him scope: you created opportunities for him; your
| Journals multiplied his influence; your whole people
| appauded and consolidated his independence. loud
| appauseJ ,
man, when We remember most gratefully what
the man did for tho Nation america t IS not nd TOO
Ing that Cesarism Is neither necessary to greatness
nor required for security FREQ country grows free
and freemen honor the responsibilities OF LDerty
(Applause)
| moro ancient than tho College of Augurs-s the
one which reads mysterious writing in times and
and II 6s ws'h %a at mc ' the
gurcs cannot dlscred 1t is BON OF tho Instinct which
cannot but think It was well that Henry Ward
when the days s were longest and tho whole
| carpeted with flowers. His name might have been
was aWays juno "a ~ with this child Of light Tho
that lay upon him was tho snow OF blossoms. ZAP
Heaven in spring. Whenever no camo amo men
no brought Juno snnshino and music and mado excn
summer "tho Kingdom OF Heaven" itself was Eat
hand" Even Father. for so Il seemed good In my
sight, and In sight IL Is beautiful
MR. BEECHER's HOME II IITCHFIETD.
That little house In Lhchdcld was not much OF
for such eagle; havo seen 1t only on paper
and certainly the manse not paatial in eieva
y
Bible, and q secret gate opened Immediately upon
Heaven: the fresh all got well around 1t, and the
birds sang in tho trees above Its sunny ROOF;
Lyman, his father, and Ro1ana, his MOTHER were
enough account for any genius, for their sii'ua
quality was purely arstOcratd and enough ~ account
for any goodness for they held large daily CONNIE CO
with Heaven: IL was a crowded little house when the
father tho mother and tho ten little children were all "a
and hs Do as TS as old Seooes and
and then prayed themselves INTO hoiy |a'h'i''
church. Opinion divides. prayer unites'
land but ho had boundess landscape, every inch bis
among trees ana birds and squirrels and flowers, and
he into possession OF sacred TERRITORY, even
holy land became his, and only dropped the title
deeds in March last, when ho himself tcndchy laid
Hen as was three Years old to tho endquIie babe
wanting no larger room than h ISr
moves We him at ten In private school, which he
sps ae and ono young ysa tse a"n in
school, tho only boy among forty girls yet submissive
aeH aSan and ireny at shmus
which, In tho Imagination Of cnvous persons connects
Heaven and earth with great condescension toward
seeking Christ and finding Him in tho awakening and
eaa to SSOo own Sne could describe that verSa
rardens: t. him field maple and addcr's wood
anemona and wall ric, green bnwced and limestone
doe rosa arc us born in June born again IN May
born into Heaven In sprfng-how vel tms chl'd oi
THE SECRET Mr. BEECHTEs GENTS.
soon after that never to be forgotten sunny morn
ing in MAY, Henry went TO nherst College; from
Amherst College TO Lane semlnary-not cemetery
OaughteIO, for Lyman Bcecher was there from Lane
to Lswrcnceburgh on the Ohio River: from Lawrence
burgh TO indianapolis and after eight years 10
Plymouth Church the panorama moves, and 50
the It'll, On, became thousand, and the small one
strong natiOn-a singular panorama. too Look at him
"a phrcnolo gico philosopher at Amherst hereco
theologan Lane shepherd Of twenty souls Oeck
onIng nineteen under this general term at
| Jawrcnceburgh a farmer preacher at indianapolis,
and finally king whose throne was ~ llynH .
Church whose scepre touched tho uterno-t part.
of the earth what wonder II we 9ng 20 sho Tn our so
pride in him and our gratitude to Goa Tor si' So
great. dong continued applause)
I'm one of the last sermons preached Mr.. Beecher
said When a distinguished author or actor upon the
are more than to look in upon the secret oper
alton Of his mind, TO discern exactly what his genius
was" , :, , .
That is part of to-day the greater part being
to enamored Of his character as 10
TO reproduce 1t according TO our several aO''S'
b HIS DIVINE RIGHT TO BE PREACHER.
AIN not aware that any man ever questioned Mr.
Beecher's divine right 10 be preacher ABOUT the
y vocation Of there may have been Kind oil
a ncerttude struggling with charity, degree OF scep-
tcism mitigated by reluctant hopeflness but ID Mr.
I,eecher's the verdict was unanimous ana CHI
ubatIc He looked a preacher, and not the less 30
>, than he looked man. lie excited no sentiment by
| pale sickness of complexion No anxiety was Ieit
y, about his lungs when that and stormy voice
denounced the gambler the sensuallst the pleasure
lover and the drunkaid In those ardent lectures To
Young men dedicated TO his father, which elected the
. warInest concentrations from the professors, INC
q Judges. the pastors, the editors of America ZAP
v | pIaIse) For heIy eloquencc, Mr. Beecher never
surpassed lectures, though he have changed
and ennobled his style, Mscaulay drew away from
o tho early essay Milton toward the calmer mood
@ | of his Addison, his Bunyan and his Goldsmith
II II was the comparatively young teacher that thun
dered I'm those lectures and that forewarned the world
y that no evil could protect itself against the Lightning
OF lust lnd gnatiun. Mr. Bcschcrs discourses were
d UNIQUE In their intellectual range, though not free
from a cert ain monotony Of conception and even form